EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Like most high school baseball players, Logan Wood hopes to be a Major League Baseball player one day. On Thursday, however, Wood settled for a different type of “Major League” as he and his Orchard Lake St. Mary’s teammates waited out a three-and-a-half-hour rain delay on the team bus.

"We watched Major League and Longest Yard -- like half of each of them," Wood said, referencing the movies of choice on the bus.

Slated to start on the mound for St. Mary's Division 2 state semifinal game against Muskegon Oakridge, Wood watched as a 2:30 p.m. scheduled start time turned into a 6 p.m. start. Still, when he got on the mound after all that time, the left-handed junior had no problem finding a rhythm.

Striking out five of the first batters he faced, Wood finished with 10 strikeouts while allowing just two hits. He did it all in a shortened complete-game effort as St. Mary's (33-9-2) beat Oakridge (26-8) with a 10-0 mercy in six innings at Michigan State's McLane Stadium.

Basically, Wood showed why he is already committed to play college baseball with the University of Michigan.

"I was feeling good pretty good," Wood said. "Right from the start, when I came out of the bullpen, feeling pretty good. Even though we had that delay -- I stretched a few hours before -- but still felt great."

St. Mary's advances to Saturday's Division 2 state title game set for 11:30 a.m. against the winner of the Trenton vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central semifinal.

Wood's performance did not come as a surprise to those in the St. Mary's dugout because they are used to watching him dominate opponents. Heading into the game, Wood was 9-0 on the mound with a 1.16 ERA and 128 strikeouts in 72.2 innings pitched. He walked only 29 batters and gave up 33 hits.

"He has a different look in his eye when he's on," St. Mary's coach Matt Petry said. "When he does struggle, he will have to kind of step off the mound a little bit and check his emotions. Today, he's just getting right back up there. He struck out 10 guys but he only threw 69 pitches in six innings so it's pretty good when you strike out 10 guys.

A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first inning from St. Mary's freshman Jack Crighton gave the Eaglets a 1-0 lead. Although that happened to be all the cushion Wood needed, the St. Mary's offense began to start piling on runs starting in the bottom of the fourth inning as Ryan DuSang connected on a single to right field to make it 2-0. St. Mary's sophomore Alex Mooney then crushed a 2 RBI double that made it to the wall in left field to make it 4-0.

At that point, Mooney knew that St. Mary's had done enough for Wood to coast to victory.

"With Logan on the mound, it makes it easy," Mooney said. "You get three or four and it's already over. To get those insurance runs is big."

Mooney, a Duke commit, was 3-for-4 at the plate where he contributed 3 RBI and added a walk.

“I just try to do whatever I can do to help our team win,” Mooney said. “If that’s getting three hits, it’s getting three hits. If it’s making plays in the field, it’s making plays in the field. Just whatever I can do.”

In the fifth inning, St. Mary’s added four more runs thanks to an RBI single by Grant Henson, a 2 RBI triple by Cole Sibley and an RBI single by Dillon Kark. St. Mary’s ended in the sixth inning thanks to an RBI single from Sibley and another RBI single from Mooney. Overall, St. Mary’s out-hit Oakridge, 14-2.

The long delay failed to dull the St. Mary's bats.

"Our team, we like to keep it loose," Mooney said. "We have fun at practice and we have fun on the bus and stuff. When it comes to game time, we're all laser focused. We've all got one goal and that is to win the state championship."

After St. Mary’s lost in the semifinals last year, 3-0, to eventual champion Stevensville Lakeshore in 10 innings, the Eaglets have been yearning for the chance at redemption.

“One more,” Wood said with a grin.

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